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James Thornton correspondence

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Call Number:
SC.132
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (28 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, James Thornton Papers, 1669-1792.
Date:
1669-1792-bulk 1771-1792 (bulk)
Creator:
Thornton, James, 1727-1794, Pemberton, John, 1727-1795, Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791, Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809, Fisher, Thomas, 1741-1810, Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817, and Rathbone, William, 1757-1809
Abstract:
This collection includes letters written to and by James Thornton, mostly regarding his work and the work of other Friends in travelling ministry, both in the United States and in England. Among the correspondents are John Pemberton, Samuel Allinson, Henry Drinker, Thomas Fisher, Rebecca Jones, and William Rathbone.

James Thornton was a Quaker travelling minister. Born in 1727 in England, he later moved to Pennsylvania, where he resided in Byberry. He died in 1794.

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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